SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

2018 YEAR 9 Yearly Examination (Stage 5.3)

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Class Teacher Question Marks

9A Ms Kilmore 1 / 15
9B Mr Gurjar 2 / 15
9C Ms Millar 3 / 15
9P Mr Choy 4 / 15
9L Mr Gainford 5 / 15
9U Mr Wang 6 / 15
9S Ms Ward 7 / 15
Total / 105
Question One (15 marks)

Parts (a) – (e) are multiple choice each worth one mark. Circle the correct answer.

(a) The gradient of the line 2x  3y + 7 = 0 is

3 2 2 3
(A)  (B)  (C) (D)
2 3 3 2

(b) If two coins are tossed, the probability of obtaining at least one head is

1 1 2 3
(A) (B) (C) (D)
4 2 3 4

(c) The local sports store advertised a 45% discount on all cricket bats. Glenn bought a
cricket bat and paid $88 after discount. How much did Glenn save?

(A) $16.00 (B) $39.60 (C) $48.40 (D) $72.00

(d)
5 cm

8 cm 4 cm

The volume of this triangular prism is

(A) 48 cm3 (B) 60 cm3 (C) 80 cm3 (D) 96 cm3

(e)

32
B C

BC
As a decimal correct to 3 decimal places, the ratio is
AC

(A) 0.530 (B) 0.625

(C) 0.848 (D) unable to be calculated.
(f) Express 325 000 000 in scientific notation. [1]

(g) Simplify the following:

(i) 2√5 √5 [1]

(ii) 2 [1]

(iii) 3√10 2√15 [1]

(iv) 0. 3 1.507 [1]

(h) State the number of significant zeros in the following:

(i) 48000 (to the nearest hundred) [1]

(ii) 0.00900 [1]

(i) Write 15° 49′35′′ in degrees correct to 2 decimal places. [1]

(j) Evaluate cos 27° correct to 2 decimal places. [1]

(k) Convert 3500 cubic centimetres to cubic metres [1]

Question Two (15 marks)

(a) Find the acute angle α to the nearest degree if tan 2. [1]

(b) Expand and simplify the following:

(i) √3 √2 3 √3 [1]

(ii) 2 [1]

(iii) 3 [1]

(c) Write an algebraic expression for “m less than the product of p and q”. [1]

(d) Determine the linear relationship for the table of values. [2]

x 1 2 3 4

y 5 2 -1 -4
(e) If 3 and 2, evaluate the following:

(i) 1 [1]

(ii) [1]

(f) Factorise the following:

(i) 8 6 4 [1]

(ii) 1 4 [1]

(iii) 7 30 [2]

(iv) 8 6 12 9 [2]
Question Three (15 marks)

(a) Solve the following equations for x:

(i) 3 5 1 [1]

(ii) 2 1 11 [1]

x x 1
(iii)  5 [2]
3 6

1 1 1
(iv)   [1]
x y xy

(b) A cylinder has a height of 10 cm and a diameter of 10 cm.

(i) Calculate the volume (correct to 2 decimal places) [1]

(ii) Calculate the Surface Area (correct to 2 decimal places) [1]

(c) A die is made in the form of a tetrahedron (triangular pyramid). The net of the die is
shown below.
3 1 4
2

The faces are numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. The die is rolled twice. The number on the face
that the die lands on is recorded each time.

(i) Find the probability that the two numbers recorded are even [1]

(ii) Find the probability that the sum of the two numbers is 4 [2]

(d) Solve the following simultaneously:

(i) 4 3 [2]

2 15
(ii) 3 2 10 [3]

4 3 13
Question Four (15 marks)

(a) Rationalise the denominator of the following:

3
(i) [1]
2 2

1 2
(ii) [2]
2 2

1 2x
(b) Solve  1 and graph the solution on the number line. [2]
3

(c) Are two rhombuses which have one angle equal similar? [1]
 3 4 1 3 0 1 4 1 2
(d) , , and
1 1 0 2 1 1 3 1 4

Determine the following:

(i) 2C [1]

(ii) [1]

(iii) DB [1]

(iv) AC [1]

(v) [1]
(e) The bearing of C from A is 130°. The bearing of B from C is 330°.

With the aid of a diagram:

(i) Find the size of ∠ [1]

(ii) Write down the bearing of C from B. [1]

(f) Two tanks were filled with water Tank A and Tank B. [2]

At midday a pump began drawing water at a constant rate from both tanks.

By 2:00 pm, both tanks had the same depth of water.

At 5:00 pm, Tank A ran dry.

At 8:00 pm, Tank B ran dry.

If Tank B is 10 metres high, how high is Tank A?

Question Five (15 marks)

(a) A, B, C and D are vertices of a rhombus.

y B(6, 5)

A(1, 0)
O E x
C

D(2, –7)
(i) The point of intersection of the diagonals is E. [1]
Find the coordinates of E.

(ii) Show that the equation of the line BD is 3 13 0. [2]

(iii) Calculate the distance BD. [1]

(iv) Calculate the area of the rhombus [1]

(v) Calculate the distance that the lines AB and CD are apart. [2]
{Do not use the formula for perpendicular distance}
(b) I have 3 tickets in a raffle which has 3 prizes. 100 tickets are sold. [2]
1st prize is drawn, then 2nd and 3rd prize with the winning tickets
discarded before the next ticket is drawn.
Which prize am I more likely to win? {Provide working to justify your response}

(c) Solve the following equations for x:

(i) [2]

(ii) 3 √ 1 1 [2]

(iii) √ . . .= 3 [2]
Question Six (15 marks)

(a) Factorise the following:

(i) 10 2 [2]

(ii) 1 1 [2]

2
(b) Find the exact value of sin where θ is acute and tan   . [1]
3

(c) If 9 . Write the following in terms of A:

(i) 9 [1]

(ii) 9 [1]

(iii) 3 [1]
(d)
20 m

45
xm
hm
B
40 m
27
A 18

The diagram shows a building on sloping ground AB.

(i) Show that the height (h metres) of the taller side of the building [2]
is 25.68 metres.

(ii) Find the height (x metres) of the shorter side of the building. [2]
(e) The figure below is known as the Allies Rectangle.

(i) Write in any missing angles [1]

(ii) Use this figure to find the exact value of cos 75° [2]
Question Seven (15 marks)

(a) A company’s logo is made from straight lines. It is used in two main sizes which are
in the ratio 2: 3.

(i) If the smaller sized logo has a height of 9 cm. [2]

What is the height of the larger sized logo?

(ii) If the smaller sized logo is printed on a page is it possible to draw the [3]

larger sized logo using only a straight edge and a pair of compasses?

If so describe the steps that would be necessary.

(b) The numbers a, b, c are a Pythagorean triple. (ie. integers for which )

 c  b  c  b 
(i) Show that    1 [2]
 a  a 
 cb  cb 
(ii) What can be said about   and  ? [1]
 a   a 

cb x  c b  y
(iii) Let    and    for positive integers x and y. [3]
 a  y  a  x

Show that : : 2 : :

(iv) Show that abc is divisible by [2]

(v) Find all Pythagorean triples which contain the integer 12. [2]

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